Jignesh and his nephew Om both qualify for main draw

Gandhidham June, 29 : The old-war-horse of Gujarat TT Jignesh Jayswal and his nephew Om Jayswal both did well to keep the Jayswal household happy by qualifying for the men’s main draw of the Indian Oil 3rd Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament organised by Kachchh District Table Tennis Association (KDTTA) under the aegis of Gujarat State Table Tennis Association from June 29 to July 2 at the Late Shri M.P Mitra Indoor Stadium, Haresh Sangtani Sports Complex in Gandhidham.

This tournament is co-sponsored by Gandhidham Chamber of Commerce, associate-sponsored by Friend Group whereas Stiga is the equipment sponsor.

The tournament was inaugurated on Thursday by chief guest Shri Suresh Iyer (Indian Oil).

Guest of Honors present at the ceremony were Shri Ashish Dhaniya, IRTS, Adil Sethna, Jitendra Singhvi, Tulsi Sujan, Naresh Bulchandani, Mahesh Gupta, Vimal Gujaral, D. K Agarwal, Kushal Sangtani, Rujul Patel, Anil Chandnani, Sweety Advani, Manish Hingorani.

Thursday also marked the second death anniversary of Late Haresh Sangtani, former honorary secretary, GSTTA & KDTTA, who has played a pivotal role in the development of Table Tennis in Gujarat State and in the making of KDTTA Sports Complex in Adipur, Gandhidham.

List of group Qualifiers:

U-19: Sumith Nair (AHD); Poojan Chandarana (BVN); Hridan Shah (AHD); Mahirajsinh Jadeja (BVN); Malav Panchal (AHD); Sujal Kukadia (BVN); Janmejay Patel (ARV); Shivansh Zalawadia (RJT); Harshvardhan Patel (ARV); Piyush Baid (AHD); Het Thakar (AMR).

Mens: Abhilash Rawal (AHD); Mahiraj Jadeja (BVN); Nilay Thakar (SRT); Hardik Solanki (AHD); Girish Jha (AHD); Janmejay Patel (ARV); Himansh Dahiya (AHD); Keval Makwana (BRD); Harsh Patel (AHD); Saurav Ghosh (BRD); Malav Panchal (AHD); Parag Chandalia (BVN);13.Nandish Halani (BVN); Om Jayswal (BVN); Abhishek Khesti (BVN); Sujal Kukadia (BVN); Jignesh Jayswal (BVN); Dhyey Jani (BVN); Rudra Pandya (BVN).

Qualifying results: Mens: Vivek Makwana (BVN) bt Arjun Singh (KCH) 11-5,11-4,11-6: Abhilash Raval (KCH) bt Arjun Singh (KCH) 11-1,11-5,11-6; Debjoy Pushilal (KCH) bt Yug Parmar (SRT) 11-9,8-11,11-4,11-7; Girish Jha (AHD) bt Debjoy Pushilal (KCH) 11-6,11-7,11-9;Saurav Ghosh (BRD) bt Yashpratap Singh (KCH) 11-3,11-4,11-1; Jignesh Jayswal (BVN) bt Vansh Sundarani (KCH) 11-6,11-9,11-3;Abhilaksh Patel (AHD) bt Vansh Sundarani (KCH) 13-11,12-10,11-9

U-19 Boys: Mahiraj Jadeja (BVN) bt Shubh Manek (KCH) 11-5,11-4,11-4; Samarth Shekhawat (SRT) bt Shubh Manek (KCH) 12-10,11-3,11-3; Malav Panchal (AHD) bt Param Parmar (BVN) 11-5,11-5,11-7; Param Parmar (BVN) bt Makwana Tirthkumar (AND) 11-7,11-6,11-4; Malav Panchal (AHD) bt Makwana Tirthkumar (AND) 11-3,11-8,11-6; Janmejay Patel(ARV) bt Shaurya Jariwala (SRT) 11-1,11-4,11-6; Krishay Bhatt (BVN) bt Shaurya Jariwala (SRT) 11-9,7-11,11-7,4-11,11-4; Janmejay Patel (ARV) bt Krishay Bhatt (BVN) 11-5,11-2,12-10; Shivansh Zalawadia (RJT) bt Maurya Patel (BVN) 11-7,11-5,11-9.